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Versailles: Home of the "Sun King". World History. Young Louis XIV. Louis XIV. Louis XIV. L’ etat c’est moi!. By Hyacinthe Rigaud. Louis XIV’s Carriage. The Bourbon Family Crest. Louis XIV as Apollo. Louis XIV as Apollo. by Jean Nocret, 1670. The Sun Symbol.
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Versailles: Home of the "Sun King" World History
L’ etat c’est moi! ByHyacintheRigaud
Louis XIV as Apollo by Jean Nocret, 1670
Versailles Statistics • 2,000 acres of grounds • 12 miles of roads • 27 miles of trellises • 200,000 trees • 210,000 flowers planted every year • 80 miles of rows of trees • 55 acres surface area of the Grand Canal • 12 miles of enclosing walls • 50 fountains and 620 fountain nozzles • 21 miles of water conduits • 3,600 cubic meters per hour: water consumed • 26 acres of roof • 51,210 square meters of floors • 2,153 windows • 700 rooms • 67 staircases • 6,000 paintings • 1,500 drawings and 15,000 engravings • 2,100 sculptures • 5,000 items of furniture and objects d'art • 150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden
The King’s Bed The Queen’s Bed